as in uncomfortable
lacking social grace and assurance
his loud talking at the opera marked him as gauche and uncultured
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Recent Examples of gauche
Another newspaper innovation introduced by Nicholson was a society column, which was seen by some in the city as gauche and bordering on scandalous.
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NOLA.com, 24 Jan. 2018
However, purists view purchasing king cakes before Jan. 6 as a demonstration of gauche impatience.
—NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Today, mass production and an abundance of cheap knockoffs have rendered conspicuous consumption unremarkable at best and gauche at worst.
—J.c. Pan, New Republic, 1 Aug. 2017
Old money, historically, has been stereotyped as having a Brahmin disdain for such a gauche topic.
—Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 19 May 2017
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NOLA.com, 24 Jan. 2018
However, purists view purchasing king cakes before Jan. 6 as a demonstration of gauche impatience.
—NOLA.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Today, mass production and an abundance of cheap knockoffs have rendered conspicuous consumption unremarkable at best and gauche at worst.
—J.c. Pan, New Republic, 1 Aug. 2017
Old money, historically, has been stereotyped as having a Brahmin disdain for such a gauche topic.
—Paul Sullivan, New York Times, 19 May 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gauche
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Those numbers might have been a tad uncomfortable to handle, and the markets didn’t want to take inflation hot to go.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Trading either man may be the sort of franchise-altering decision that some are uncomfortable executing.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
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Read More: The Surprising Benefits of Talking Out Loud to Yourself Things might feel a little awkward during those early sessions, and that's normal, says Grant.Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024
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Fentanyl abuse isn't the only opioid that can cause the awkward body reaction, Ciccarone said.James Ward, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Far from prolific in front of goal, the Senegalese looked out of sorts, full of running and hunger to score but clumsy, his anxious limbs snatching at chances rather than taking them naturally.Henry Flynn, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The first few episodes were rife with clumsy and, at times, confusing time jumps, many that seemed tacked on to preexisting scenes in an effort to retrofit them for a new, Costner-less reality.Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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There’s no shortage of movies that have looked at Dylan’s music and his uneasy relationship to fame.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2024
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Merkel recalled how Putin, knowing that she had once been wounded by a dog and was uneasy around them, had infamously brought his large Labrador to a meeting between them in 2007.Christian Edwards, CNN, 3 Dec. 2024
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One game after being badly embarrassed on the offensive end in Minnesota, the Lakers were clobbered on the other end in Miami — their body language, their lack of energy and worst of all, their general lack of fight all reasons for serious concern.Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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Even if people were embarrassed by their own tastes, the feature has always been a key element of Spotify’s appeal as a streaming platform.Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Gauche.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gauche. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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